Alejandra Oliva

Alejandra Oliva is an essayist, embroiderer and translator.  Her book, "Rivermouth: A Chronicle of Language, Faith and Migration," received a Whiting Nonfiction Grant. She was the Yale Whitney Humanities Center Franke Visiting Fellow in Spring 2022. Her writing appears in outlets including The New York Times, Christian Century and Commonweal. 

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Awards: Whiting NonFiction Grant

Communities: LGBTQ+, Hispanic or Latinx

Book:

Rivermouth

A Chronicle of Language, Faith, and Migration
Current Issues / Politics / Social Science
Astra Publishing House
June 2024
ISBN 9781662602672
320 pages